Miata Mailing List: September 1997, Message #175
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From: 	miata@unoco.edu (Joseph Haefeli & Guppy)

Subject: Re: temp gauge position Was Re: Thermostats

Date: 	Tue, 2 Sep 1997 03:57:55 +0000



>> One other thing to contemplate is that the thermo switch for the fans has a

>> differential component: it turns on at 207 F., but doesn't shut off until

>> around 195 F.

>

>Just to pick nits - that behavior would be called 'hysteresis'



Didn't your mom tell you not to pick at your nits?  Hysteresis is when an

effect lags after its cause.  There's no lagging involved here. The design

of the switch is to close at 207, open at 195.







-Joseph & Professor Guppy